So, Usyk, after defeating Anthony Joshua in a rematch, bypassed Fury and climbed to fourth place in the ranking..

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There was a place in the top 10 for another Ukrainian boxer. Vasily Lomachenko retained the ninth position. In October, he will return to the ring in a duel with American Jamaine Ortiz..

The undefeated American Terence Crawford leads the ranking of the best boxers in the world from ESPN. The current WBO welterweight world champion has won all of his 38 professional fights (29 by knockout).

Rating of the best boxers regardless of the weight category from ESPN 1. Terence Crawford (USA, 38-0, 29 KOs) 2. Naoya Inoue (Japan, 23-0, 20 KO) 3. Errol Spence (USA, 28-0, 22 KOs) 4. Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine, 20-0, 13 KOs) 5. Saul Alvarez (Mexico, 57-2-2, 39 KOs) 6. Tyson Fury (Great Britain, 32-0-1, 23 KOs) 7. Artur Beterbiev (Canada, 18-0, 18 KOs) 8. Dmitry Bivol (Russia, 20-0, 11 KOs) 9. Vasily Lomachenko (Ukraine, 16-2, 11 KOs) 10. Shakur Stevenson (USA, 18-0, 9 KOs) On the night of August 21, 2022, Usyk defeated Joshua by split decision in a rematch, which took place in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Thus, the Ukrainian defended all the titles taken from AJ last fall, and also won the vacant belt of The Ring magazine.

Fury on the night of April 24, 2022 knocked out his compatriot Dillian Whyte and retained the WBC title, after which he announced his retirement.

Thus, in a potential fight between Usyk and Fury, four main belts (WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC) and the title of absolute world heavyweight champion will be at stake..

Previously, Fury harshly criticized the Usyk-Joshua rematch, calling both boxers " At the same time, he stated that he was ready to accept the challenge of Usyk and fight him if his condition was met..

Now the 35-year-old Usyk has 20 wins (13 by knockout) in 20 fights. He held four of them in the heavyweight division.. Before that, Alexander became the absolute world champion in the cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there..

The 33-year-old Fury has 32 wins (23 by knockout) and one draw.

In addition, the WBC gave Fury until Friday, August 26, so that he clearly decides whether he is ending his career before declaring the title vacant.. In turn, Tyson delivered an ultimatum regarding the unification fight with Usyk.